Richards v. Hanover Insurance

Decided January 27, 1983. George T. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

299 S.E.2d 561 · Cited 111 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Steigler v. Insurance Co. of North America · 384 A.2d 398
• Hulsey v. Interstate Life & Accident Insurance · 60 S.E.2d 353
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Molloy · 433 A.2d 1135
• Kosior v. Continental Insurance Co. · 299 Mass. 601
• Cincinnati Insurance v. Davis · 265 S.E.2d 102
• Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Whalley Construction Co. · 287 S.E.2d 226
• Rockingham Mutual Insurance v. Hummel · 250 S.E.2d 774
• Welch v. Professional Insurance Corporation · 231 S.E.2d 103
• Barker v. Coastal States Life Insurance · 225 S.E.2d 924

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• Error v. Western Home Insurance Co. · 762 P.2d 1077
• Dolcy v. Rhode Island Joint Reinsurance Ass'n · 589 A.2d 313
• Tifton MacHine Works, Inc. v. Colony Insurance · 480 S.E.2d 37
• Auto-Owners Insurance v. Reed · 649 S.E.2d 843
• Guaranty National Insurance v. Brock · 474 S.E.2d 46
• Flynt v. Life of the South Insurance Co. · 718 S.E.2d 343
• Hartford Insurance v. Franklin · 424 S.E.2d 803
• Brown v. Ohio Casualty Insurance · 519 S.E.2d 726
• Mr. Pride of Atlanta, Inc. v. Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance · 371 S.E.2d 211
• Ross v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 411 F. Supp. 2d 571
• Stratton & Co. v. Argonaut Insurance · 469 S.E.2d 545
• Wilkie v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 664 N.W.2d 776
• Claussen v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 380 S.E.2d 686
• Boardman Petroleum, Inc. v. Federated Mutual Insurance · 498 S.E.2d 492
• Hurst v. Grange Mutual Casualty Co. · 470 S.E.2d 659
• Allen v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co. · 839 P.2d 798
• Republic Insurance Co. v. Jernigan · 753 P.2d 229
• Hogan v. Mayor &C. of Savannah · 320 S.E.2d 555
• Kulubis v. Texas Farm Bureau Underwriters Insurance Co. · 706 S.W.2d 953
• York Insurance v. Williams Seafood of Albany, Inc. · 544 S.E.2d 156
• Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. UNIV. OF GEORGIA ATHLETIC ASS'N, INC. · 654 S.E.2d 207
• Sapp v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 486 S.E.2d 71

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